From the minute we're born, we're aging.,Constant exposure to our environment, the things we eat, and stresses from both inside,and outside our bodies all cause us to age over time.,Aging is highly complex, but scientists are starting to understand what happens at the,cellular and molecular levels.,For example, healthy cells are damaged over time when our immune systems shift from reacting,to short-term problems like injuries and infections, to gradually producing chronic inflammation,throughout the body.,Time also gradually shortens the telomeres that act as protective caps for our DNA-containing,chromosomes.,These and other changes make our bodies less and less able to deal with stress from inside,and outside of our body, so when damage reaches a critical level, our cells, tissues, and,organs may no longer perform normally and our health starts to decline.,The changes associated with aging start to happen on some level at day one.,We begin to experience their effect...
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Health literacy is all about making informed,decisions and taking actions to promote,and protect health health literacy is,the degree to which individuals are able,to access understand evaluate and,communicate information to interact with,the demands of different health contexts,to be able to promote and maintain good,health throughout the life course research,shows that health literate patients are,more able to make wholesome lifestyle,choices have better communication and,interaction with health care providers,access information and services manage,chronic disease and engage with health,education and promotion health literacy,is also a means to promote maintain and,improve health throughout the life course,and health literate partners consider,the use of health literacy in helping,patients access understand evaluate and,communicate information resulting in,higher effectiveness in treating,patients better patient relationships,and communication and increased,efficiency of the whole he...